Saturday, July 23, 2016

I've been meaning to try scratchboard for a long time now. I keep on drooling over my talented friend Ann Ranlett's
wonderful work, and decided it was time to give it a shot. I've been
doing a lot of research about tools, surfaces, techniques, watching
videos, trying out different strokes... So basically there's been quite a
lot of scratching involved in my life in the last month or so since I
started. So much so that whenever I drive over a brand new resurfaced
road, I have a bad urge to scratch something on it!I did a few
pieces on scratch paper to get used to it, but I'm now ready for the
real stuff: Ampersand Scratchbord. Stay tunned for more scratchbord
work. This is what I've done so far:

Along with the Art Snacks box, I decided to sign up for the Scrawlr
Box as well as the Smile Create Repeat box. The Scrawlr Box is based out
of the UK, but the other two are in the US. I love Art Snacks and
Scrawlr Box. Smile Create Repeat is getting better in quality, but the
value remains poor and I usually pay more than what's in the box. I will
give it a few more tries, and if the value doesn't improve, I will most
likely end my subscription.I've been having a blast trying to create something with the limited supplies from each box.